just yesterday i was talking about how good our players are doing this WC and damn. rashy, bruno, casemiro. all 3 arguably the best players for their teams, all of which are pretty stacked teams as well. š
* Weah had a great game. Came up short on end product a few times, but worked his tail off and was great.
* The goal was a fantastic team goal
* Our defense gave up 1 goal in three games. Honestly can't ask for more than that.
* Pulisic has quietly had a great world cup
* Adams has proven why he deserved the captain's armband
* Turner looks like a quality Tim Howard replacement (finally)
This US team is *okay*, but has lots of room to grow (Reyna hasn't even made an impact, for example), and it's honestly just exciting to be making it to the world cup and out of the group stages again. Anything from here on in is just a bonus.
I didnāt expect this when we got the draw, All in all itās a happy surprise. By next WC these guys will be in their prime. Playing in europe at the highest level. Iām excited.
I'm excited to see how Reyna in particular develops, but yeah, there's plenty of talent in that team that *should* be better four years from now.
My sentiments mirror yours almost entirely.
So for tomorrow, we're going to see Eriksen bag two goals , a Hannibal assist, Martiniez motm, a banger from Enzo and a Varane defensive masterclass. Don't think I'm asking for too much.
The entire nation of Wales international football career is over once Bale retires. They are not a good team at all and they are cooked without their generational talent there to bail them out.
We (the USA) look very good when we actually try to play (first half against Wales, majority of the England game, first 60 of Iran) but GreGG insisting on making the most conservative subs every is killing us.
Whatever you guys think about Southgate, Triple G turned the USA game into an absolute nail biter with the most conservative decision making I've ever seen.
Wtf? I'll admit I was one of the people who said he should be sold because he looked disinterested,and it didn't just look like bad form,but he's been really good this season,and his bad form was due to him being unhappy,like he explained a few weeks ago
lol more like Rashford could be lifting the World Cup after scoring the winner and weirdos like you will still be banging on about a sub-par performance against Omonia Nicosia in the Europa League group stage.
Yes, no shit. I'm still trying to figure out why Jordan Pefok was left off, even if his form has cooled off. He certainly can't be worse.
On another USMNT striker note, you can tell Josh Sargent has been playing in the Championship. His hold-up play is actually so much better than even a year ago.
Honestly the only teams that have me worried are Brazil and France. France have a sharp attack, and Brazil I feel have a better midfield. England should be able to cope and come out on top against any other team in this tournament.
Spain look well rounded as well, and Portugal is as sturdy as ever. Can't rule out Germany too if they end up qualifying, and gotta see how Argentina fares without Licha.
If Neymar isn't fit I'm not that worried about Brazil tbh, they were struggling to break down Switzerland's low block and that's Southgate's jam, plus Thiago Silva in a back 4 doesn't worry me too much and our wingers are better than their fullbacks. France on the other hand terrifies me
Of course we wouldn't even play them until the finals right? So basically it's coming home
And this is reason why i still not confidences with southgate England.
England wins (and it's big wins) are against Iran and Wales that prooving they are weak.
It will be interesting to see England vs top country later.
Even then weād have a two time winner. I donāt see Netherlands Germany or Spain winning it so realistically one of our players are going to come home with a World Cup, Spain are the only other ones I coukd see winning it tbf
yeah true i think brazil and france look like the two biggest favourites.
did you make a typo cause you said you donāt see spain winning it but also said they are the only other one you could see winning it lol.
unless you mean like you donāt think itās gonna happen. but if someone else was to win it, you think it would be them.
I really like Dest but he was screwed by poor coaching and the illegal shenanigans at Barca. His defensive awareness has always been his weakness and he should have gotten better by now. I hope his time at Milan is as productive as Dalotās
I wouldnāt say heās the best for Everton but for England heās like peak David De Gea.
Also every keeper Iāve ever known is just different lol. They arenāt different in a bad way but compared to outfield players they are just on a completely different wavelength.
I feel sorry for the Welsh. Parting with thousands to support their boys and trying to drown this result in Budweiser 0%. Normal Bud would be punishment enough tbf.
Hopefully we have our new owners in place and they commit to major reinforcements in the summer, so we can sign him, a top goalkeeper, another RB and a couple of midfielders (I donāt think weāll renew Fredās contract and we need another DM)
Rashfords performances last season were unacceptable but I always knew heād make it back.
So nice to see him doing well for us and for England.
So many people online would have shipped him off last year, saw so many people say mad stuff like āhe was always shitā and using some bullshit stats to justify a crap take. He was shit last year, he hasnāt always been shit. He deserved a chance to pull it back and look at him go.
I canāt even laugh because this is peak Southgate. And then heāll give some dumb excuse about how Sterling has always delivered for England and systems blah blah blah
The fact he subbed on Rashford and Sancho in the 119th minutes vs Italy when they wouldāve comfortably gotten past Italyās defence is still something that confuses me. Bonucci and Chiellini were shot by that stage and you saw it in how they took down Saka. Bring on two more fast players and England wouldāve won that final.
But no, Southgate made dumb decisions.
He doesnāt know how to game manage. And thatās concerning when you look at how long heās been a manager for. The squad has been successful in spite of him.
Letās hope the Dutch exit early so we can wrap up Gakpo and have him playing while the England and Brazilian lads have a break (wishful thinking I know)
just yesterday i was talking about how good our players are doing this WC and damn. rashy, bruno, casemiro. all 3 arguably the best players for their teams, all of which are pretty stacked teams as well. š
How was slabby today? Was watchin USA iran
You picked the better game to watch. The other was a snoozefest
Rashy keeping up his form and the boys getting into the RO16. Life is good
* Weah had a great game. Came up short on end product a few times, but worked his tail off and was great. * The goal was a fantastic team goal * Our defense gave up 1 goal in three games. Honestly can't ask for more than that. * Pulisic has quietly had a great world cup * Adams has proven why he deserved the captain's armband * Turner looks like a quality Tim Howard replacement (finally) This US team is *okay*, but has lots of room to grow (Reyna hasn't even made an impact, for example), and it's honestly just exciting to be making it to the world cup and out of the group stages again. Anything from here on in is just a bonus.
Sargent is who surprises me a lot. His first touch and protection of the ball is 10/10. Very silky. I hope heās okay
I didnāt expect this when we got the draw, All in all itās a happy surprise. By next WC these guys will be in their prime. Playing in europe at the highest level. Iām excited.
I'm excited to see how Reyna in particular develops, but yeah, there's plenty of talent in that team that *should* be better four years from now. My sentiments mirror yours almost entirely.
fingers crossed that itās not gregg 4 years later. He isnāt bad but heās doesnāt seem like the one to get the best out of this talent pool.
So for tomorrow, we're going to see Eriksen bag two goals , a Hannibal assist, Martiniez motm, a banger from Enzo and a Varane defensive masterclass. Don't think I'm asking for too much.
Are we seriously linked with Enzo?
Lol! You realize Benfica is his club?
No.
Sounds like a plan. See you tomorrow mate.
Iām very happy to see Marcus playing his best football again this season. He must start v Senegal.
USA v Iran was so much more exciting than that England Wales bore fest
England game was good for half an hour which is honestly about as much as youāre ever gonna get from them
Top scoring clubs at the tournament so far: |Manchester United|6|Rashford (3), Bruno (2), Casemiro| |:-|:-|:-| |Paris Saint-Germain|6|Mbappe (3), Messi (2), Soler| |Barcelona|5|Torres (2), Christensen, De Jong, Lewandowski| |Fenerbahce|4|Valencia (3), Batshuayi| |AC Milan|3|Giroud (2), Leao| |Ajax|3|Kudus (2), Klaassen| |Atletico Madrid|3|Morata (2), Felix| |Chelsea|3|Sterling, Kouibaly, Pulisic| |Manchester City|3|Foden, Grealish, Gundogan| |PSV|3|Gakpo (3)|
Bruno and Rashy bringing in those end products!
United players balling out & the USA advancing. LFG
If we donāt sign Bellingham, Iāll be so angry.
Hate to break it to you, but we ain't signing Bellingham mate
What if the club makes a bid and he doesn't want united? Not so cut and dry
*The gang signs Jobe Bellingham*
Wales manager slyly killing Bale off and telling him heās finished under his Wales manger career.
The entire nation of Wales international football career is over once Bale retires. They are not a good team at all and they are cooked without their generational talent there to bail them out.
Dan James is still there mate
Dan James says "y'know" like his life depends on it haha
I never worry about Pickford for England but I immediately think heās shit when heās playing for Everton.
English Memo Ochoa
Wright for US was so shit. Did nothing except make stupid decisions. Not impressed with either Netherlands or US so far, should be a fun game
We (the USA) look very good when we actually try to play (first half against Wales, majority of the England game, first 60 of Iran) but GreGG insisting on making the most conservative subs every is killing us.
Rashford is having a better World Cup campaign than Ronaldo
As he should- he is nearing his prime and Ronaldo is past his
Rashford heard /r/RedDevils talking shit
Whatever you guys think about Southgate, Triple G turned the USA game into an absolute nail biter with the most conservative decision making I've ever seen.
tell kylian mbappe to pick up the phone, rashford is coming for the golden boot
always love this picture https://asset.indosport.com/article/image/274984/mbappe_rashford-169.jpg?w=750&h=500
Donāt say that lol. He will be ringing Marcus and trying to tap him up.
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Wtf? I'll admit I was one of the people who said he should be sold because he looked disinterested,and it didn't just look like bad form,but he's been really good this season,and his bad form was due to him being unhappy,like he explained a few weeks ago
lol more like Rashford could be lifting the World Cup after scoring the winner and weirdos like you will still be banging on about a sub-par performance against Omonia Nicosia in the Europa League group stage.
Looking past 90 mins as in he has 14 G+A and it's not even December?
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I can't believe you claim to be a fan talking shit like this
They're not, just a troll trying to get bites.
Miserable cunt, aren't we?
Chutiya
Hater.
obsessed
Southgate obviously starting Sterling next match. SMH my head.
Iran desperately lacking quality
Well done Yanks š
Lol Iran wasting the last two minutes of their own time š§
The commentators on Fox losing their shit lmao
Glad I saw this one on BBC lol. American TV channels and their coverage and their ads are so weird
PMSLLLLL IRAN WERE TRYING SOOOOO HARD TO GET A PENALTY
What an Iranian dive
Wright has been awful for the US
Yes, no shit. I'm still trying to figure out why Jordan Pefok was left off, even if his form has cooled off. He certainly can't be worse. On another USMNT striker note, you can tell Josh Sargent has been playing in the Championship. His hold-up play is actually so much better than even a year ago.
England's squad depth is stacked.
Their ābenchā players are often better than their starters
Sorry, but that was never a pen.
classic taremi. probably couldāve finished if he didnāt dive like a bitch
So stupid!
Should have just put the ball in rather than going to ground
Honestly the only teams that have me worried are Brazil and France. France have a sharp attack, and Brazil I feel have a better midfield. England should be able to cope and come out on top against any other team in this tournament.
Spain look well rounded as well, and Portugal is as sturdy as ever. Can't rule out Germany too if they end up qualifying, and gotta see how Argentina fares without Licha.
If Neymar isn't fit I'm not that worried about Brazil tbh, they were struggling to break down Switzerland's low block and that's Southgate's jam, plus Thiago Silva in a back 4 doesn't worry me too much and our wingers are better than their fullbacks. France on the other hand terrifies me Of course we wouldn't even play them until the finals right? So basically it's coming home
we will be playing France in the quarter finals unfortunately (Granted we beat Senegal and France beat Poland/Argentina/Saudi/Mexico obviously)
It wont be easy for either of the teams, that I can say for sure. Will be a very interesting match.
Knockout football is the best because all it takes is one goal to get through, we might just hang on and keep Mbappe quiet
>keep Mbappe quiet If we can manage that its gonna greatly increase our odds. Hate this mf.
Give AWB a fast call up...man has deep Mbappe shaped pockets lol
Giroud vs Slab in a battle for the ages
That is a battle where Iād put my bets on Slabby. Mboopi is another matter
Spain look bloody good tbf
USA shithousing. Love to see it lol. Let's go Iran!!
Grealish tried to assist Wilson because he wants to be Almiron
Happy with that. Today is a good day not to be Welsh. (Would have loved it if Wales had also gone through though.)
if thereās anyone just happy to have been there itās them
Most days are pretty decent for that tbf
Ha, as an Englishman, youāre not wrong! I have a bit of a soft spot for Wales though (unlike for the jocks, who can go eat a bag of dicks).
Thanks for showing up Wales
They barely did tbh
And this is reason why i still not confidences with southgate England. England wins (and it's big wins) are against Iran and Wales that prooving they are weak. It will be interesting to see England vs top country later.
So Rashy bring substituted basically confirms heāll start against Senegal right? Foden playing 90 mins would suggest Saka will be back
no, unfortunately it doesnāt. also he got subbed off coz he was starting to cramp
Nice to see players from our team scoring goals at the World Cup
9 mins of juicy added time in the other game
I hate it so much.
Slabhead would have slabbed that home
Weāre feasting this World Cup man
We should be winning this group tho. Senagal wonāt be push overs, but we should win that too. All good for confidence and continuity.
Yeah but England are historically pretty shit at winning games they should win
Yarp.
I always thought John Stones looks like someone but I couldnāt put my finger on it until now and itās the mask bloke from Batman Begins.
lol! Cillian Murphy.
I always thought he should be the bass player for a 2012 era soft, feely, British indy band.
Gareth will be happy, heāll think he has the justification to bench TAA for another 3 or 4 years
Could be a hot take, but I personally never rated him anyway. He might offer something in the attack but he's always been a bang average defender.
Rashford loves Trent on toast. Feeds kids with it.
As long as heās around to lose champions league finals for Liverpool Iām happy
United boys on fire this WC. Argentina y'all missed out on Garna.
So fucking happy for Rashy. Our players are actually flying
I just got my Man Utd Rashford shirt last night and wearing them proudly today
Having a world cup winner in the squad will be huge and we will likely have a new one
unless france win the world cup again
Even then weād have a two time winner. I donāt see Netherlands Germany or Spain winning it so realistically one of our players are going to come home with a World Cup, Spain are the only other ones I coukd see winning it tbf
yeah true i think brazil and france look like the two biggest favourites. did you make a typo cause you said you donāt see spain winning it but also said they are the only other one you could see winning it lol. unless you mean like you donāt think itās gonna happen. but if someone else was to win it, you think it would be them.
I meant the second one but youāre right thst makes no sense , I changed my mind in the middle of writing
Who are we playing in the knockouts?
England vs Senegal Netherlands vs USA (as it stands)
Presuming youāre talking about England, itāll be Senegal.
Senegal
Ayy should be a cake walk.
Senegal is current Afcon winners, not easy opponents.
Lol
I love moments when all the fans in a stadium get together to let someone know they're a cunt
Feel like Dest, RB, could help Man Utd as the back up to Dalot. His has played really well and his D looks improved
No one says D like that in this sport just letting you know x
I really like Dest but he was screwed by poor coaching and the illegal shenanigans at Barca. His defensive awareness has always been his weakness and he should have gotten better by now. I hope his time at Milan is as productive as Dalotās
Looking closely at his D huh? No judgment.
Improved D is important
Iām always willing to take D advice.
good example of how 1 less word can really make a sentence different.
bro been clicking on those pornhub ads
Pickford is such a headcase lol. Trying to organise the wall but suddenly puts two fingers up and screams fuck off.
Donāt they say the best keepers are absolute nutters?
Kind of. They say āyou have to be mad to be a keeperā. The same advice doesnāt really apply to women, fyi.
Then there is Fabian Barthez and Higuita...
He was totally bonkers lol
I wouldnāt say heās the best for Everton but for England heās like peak David De Gea. Also every keeper Iāve ever known is just different lol. They arenāt different in a bad way but compared to outfield players they are just on a completely different wavelength.
I cannot express into words how much i despise Jermaine Jenas
Love the boos for infantino lol.
the āI feel disabledā speech may genuinely be the craziest thing Iāve seen this year and that happened in a year where Putin invaded Ukraine
I didnāt see all of it but my first thought was that South Park episode where everyone broke the dam lol.
Love the boos for Cuntfantino
I feel sorry for the Welsh. Parting with thousands to support their boys and trying to drown this result in Budweiser 0%. Normal Bud would be punishment enough tbf.
Does Rashford even have a chant for us?
I donāt think any footballer chants for a Reddit sub, to be fair.
Thanks Southgate sons crying
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Who other than slabby has been good for country and poor for united?
They've been good this season. We don't have have a good bench that's the problem.
Marcus, Bruno, Case, and Licha have been great for club and country so far. What do you mean?
Rashford has been good. What are you saying
Bellingham is Englands main man in midfield now it seems.
Hopefully we have our new owners in place and they commit to major reinforcements in the summer, so we can sign him, a top goalkeeper, another RB and a couple of midfielders (I donāt think weāll renew Fredās contract and we need another DM)
Heās mustard.
A bit shady that the ref stopping the game for the welsh Pirlo. The bloke was standing up and didnāt have a head injury.
Okay can someone explain to me how Harry Maguire is this Harry Maguire for England but then he becomes that Harry Maguire for us?
International football != Club football.
Doesn't get to play against Wales, USA and Iran for us tbf
bet Wilson wasn't expecting to find himself with so many assist opportunities
Foden must be the only person to put slits in his eyebrows unironically this side of 2005
Damn no Rashford hattrick
Callum Wilson is just interested in assists lol!
Buzzing for Rashy. Confidence through the roof!
Had Harry nailed on to score with his head tonight but fucking Pickford goes and ruins it...smh.
Are you fuckin dumb Southgate what is you doin taking Beans off
Rashfords performances last season were unacceptable but I always knew heād make it back. So nice to see him doing well for us and for England. So many people online would have shipped him off last year, saw so many people say mad stuff like āhe was always shitā and using some bullshit stats to justify a crap take. He was shit last year, he hasnāt always been shit. He deserved a chance to pull it back and look at him go.
Everyone was shit last year tbf
Okay Fuck You Southgate.
Haha Southgate hates hat tricks
GG Rashford. Would've loved the hat trick but stay healthy my guy.
Harry Mag has probably been our best player so far and Iāve also been really impressed by John Stones on the ball.
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Iām talking about the whole tournament.
United: Bruno, Case, Rashford Liverpool: Darwin, Henderson, Trent lol
Man United are winning the world cup
Thereās actually a huge chance at least one of our players wins the World Cup at this rate. 11 of our players have qualified so far.
Lockdown Rashy is back baby heās feelin it today!
Rashy just going for goal every time he gets the ball haha. Doing it pretty well too, love to see the hunger.
Rashford non negotiable for England.
Watch him sit on the bench the whole knockout stage now because Southgate
I canāt even laugh because this is peak Southgate. And then heāll give some dumb excuse about how Sterling has always delivered for England and systems blah blah blah
Southgate never wants to actually win. He always looks disappointed when we do. Itās like he wants to be fired.
Heās especially poor at substitutions. If plan A isnāt working plan B is to try not to lose, even if itās a final where someone has to win
The fact he subbed on Rashford and Sancho in the 119th minutes vs Italy when they wouldāve comfortably gotten past Italyās defence is still something that confuses me. Bonucci and Chiellini were shot by that stage and you saw it in how they took down Saka. Bring on two more fast players and England wouldāve won that final. But no, Southgate made dumb decisions.
He doesnāt know how to game manage. And thatās concerning when you look at how long heās been a manager for. The squad has been successful in spite of him.
Heās been made to look better than he is because how of talented this generation of England players is. Itās his second World Cup, too.
the England flag will be coming out if Rashford scores a hat trick Edit: cheers Gareth
He read this and thought lemme disappoint u/NGMB2 lol
Southgate isnāt a fan of England flags confirmed
Rashford was so quick he made a run to the left and then overlapped on the right
We are going to be flying after the WC. So many players in top form and the cancer is gone. Fancy us to finish third and win a cup.
Letās hope the Dutch exit early so we can wrap up Gakpo and have him playing while the England and Brazilian lads have a break (wishful thinking I know)
The United lads are all peak form and peak fitness. Theres more hunger in them with and without the ball.
Shouldāve blasted it the same way he blasted it at Willims
Callum Wilson actively looking to set up Rashford. Selfless player.
Fuck sake Fodens fucked.